Florarctinae

Authors :: Jørgensen, Aslak
Boesgaard, Tom M.
Møbjerg, Nadja
Kristensen, Reinhardt M.
Publication Year :: 2014
Publisher :: Zenodo, 2014.
Abstract: Subfamily Florarctinae Renaud-Mornant, 1982 Diagnosis (following Kristensen 1984): Arthrotardigrades of the family Halechiniscidae Thulin, 1928 with cuticular aliform expansions. Complete cephalic sense organs with secondary clavae transformed to dome-shaped papillae or H-shaped flat sacs. Four digits with claws present in adults; digitus externus with a hook-shaped pedunculus; uncus with a calcar externum. Females with two seminal receptacles, each consisting of a spheroid vesicle and an S-shaped genital duct. Type genus: Florarctus Delamare Deboutteville & Renaud-Mornant, 1965. Additional genera: Ligiarctus Renaud-Mornant, 1982; Wingstrandarctus Kristensen, 1984.